Friday, July 19, 2013

The Song of the Legs (股) in the Nine Songs of Xing Yi Quan (形意拳九歌) by Jiāng Róngqiáo (薑容樵)


左股在前,
右股後撐,
似直不直,
似弓不弓,
雖有直曲,
每見雞形。
薑容樵
"The left leg is in front.
The right leg supports in the rear.
They look straight without being straight.
They look like a bow without being a bow.
Although they are both straight and curved,
Each has the appearance of a chicken’s leg."

From the book Xing Yi Mother Fists (形意母拳), by Jiāng Róngqiáo (薑容樵), based on the translation by Joseph Crandall

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